Your Coffee Habit Might Be Helping To Slow Ageing – Here's How

Your morning cup of Joe is doing wonders, in more ways than one.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Your cup of coffee isn’t just some miracle stimulant helping you feel somewhat human in the mornings (just me?) – multiple pieces of research suggest it’s linked to slower biological ageing, too.

Studies have shown that coffee has been linked to health benefits ranging from improved heart health to decreased dementia risk. Here’s what you need to know about how it could also slow biological ageing processes:

How is my caffeine habit impacting ageing?

Firstly, coffee has been linked to telomere lengthening. Telomeres are structures that protect DNA – as people get older, their telomeres shorten as part of the natural ageing process.

We know telomere shortening is accelerated among people with severe mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, whose life expectancy is typically shorter than the general population by up to 15 years.

A study, published in BMJ........

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